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HOO86

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A network was considered in 2009. Voted down by Council of Presidents.


The Big Ten Network had been out for about 3 years and was having a terrible time getting distribution and was not making money. The Council of Presidents saw that and voted against pursuing a channel. So to actually get the games televised, there needed to be another option. ESPN was never planning to show them all other than on ESPN3. To get them on the air Raycom was needed.

Swofford consulted with Television Consultants about a channel then because they were helping to negotiate the renewal with ESPN, and they said that the ACC needed to first improve football and also increase geographic footprint before considering a channel. At the time, the ACC football product was dreadful.

Then in 2011, the Big Ten added Nebraska causing a chain reaction with the Big XII coming apart at the seems. It created an opportunity for expansion again with the ACC following the advice of the consultants to increase footprint. New York and Pennsylvania have a lot of people.

(In response to this post by chuckd4vt)

Posted: 06/06/2017 at 2:42PM



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